Afroturbonilla engli
species of mollusc
Afroturbonilla engli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
This species is one of three other species within the Afroturbonilla genus, with the exception of the others being Afroturbonilla hattenbergeriana and Afroturbonilla multitudinalis.
Distribution
The marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off São Tomé and Príncipe.
References
External links
Peñas, A. & Rolán, E. (1997). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus. suplemento 3: 1-105
Peñas A. & Rolán E. 2002. La superfamilia Pyramidelloidea Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) de Africa Occidental, 10.
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